Psalms 44
1 To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction. O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:
Korah ƒe viwo ƒe nufiameha na hɛnɔ la. O! Mawu, míawo ŋutɔ míesee kple míaƒe towo, nu siwo mía fofowo gblɔ na mí tso nu siwo nèwɔ na wo le woƒe ɣeyiɣiwo me le blema.
2 Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.
Ètsɔ wò asi nya dukɔwo, eye nètsɔ mía fofowo ɖo wo teƒe. Ègbã dukɔwo gudugudu, ke èna mía fofowo ya dzi ɖe edzi.
3 For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.
Anyigba mesu wo si to woawo ŋutɔ ƒe yi dzi loo, alo woawo ŋutɔ ƒe alɔe ɖu dzi na wo o, ke boŋ wò nuɖusi, wò alɔ kple wò mo ƒe kekelie xɔ na wo, elabena èlɔ̃ wo.
4 Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
Wòe nye nye Fia kple nye Mawu, wòe he dziɖuɖuwo vɛ na Yakob.
5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
To dziwò míetutu míaƒe futɔwo do ɖe megbe, eye to wò ŋkɔ me míenya avuzi le míaƒe futɔwo dzi.
6 For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
Nyemeɖo ŋu ɖe nye aŋutrɔ ŋu o, eye nye yi mehe dziɖuɖu vɛ nam o,
7 For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
ke boŋ èna míeɖu míaƒe ketɔwo dzi, eye nèna ŋukpe lé míaƒe adikatɔwo.
8 In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. (Selah)
Míetsɔ Mawu ƒo adegbe ŋkeke blibo la, eye míakafu wò ŋkɔ tegbetegbe. (Sela)
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;
Ke azɔ la, ègbe mí, eye nèbɔbɔ mí ɖe anyi; azɔ la, mègadona kple míaƒe aʋakɔwo o.
10 Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;
Èna míegbugbɔ ɖe megbe le míaƒe futɔwo ŋgɔ, eye míaƒe ketɔwo ha mí.
11 Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;
Ètsɔ mí na be woavuvu mí abe alẽwo ene, eye nèkaka mí ɖe dukɔwo dome.
12 Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;
Ètsɔ wò dukɔ la dzra ho kpɔtsɔe eye mèkpɔ naneke le wo dzadzra me o.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
Ètsɔ mí wɔ vlodonu na míaƒe aƒelikawo, eye míezu alɔmeɖenu kple nu ɖikokoe na ame siwo ƒo xlã mí.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Ètsɔ mí wɔ lodonu le dukɔwo dome, eye amewo ʋuʋua ta ɖe mía ŋu ne wokpɔ mí.
15 All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Nye vlododo le ŋkunye me ŋkeke blibo la, eye ŋukpe tsyɔa mo nam,
16 Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.
ne vlodolawo, fewuɖulawo le nunye ɖiam, elabena futɔ la ɖoe kplikpaa be yeabia hlɔ̃m.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:
Togbɔ be míeŋlɔ wò be, alo da alakpa le wò nubabla la me o hã la, èna nu siawo katã va mía dzi.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
Míaƒe dziwo metrɔ le yowòme o, eye míaƒe afɔwo hã metra le wò mɔ dzi o.
19 Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Gake ègbã mí gudugudu hegble mí ɖe amegaxiwo dome, eye nètsɔ viviti tsiɖitsiɖi tsyɔ mía dzi.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange god,
Nenye ɖe míeŋlɔ míaƒe Mawu ŋkɔ be, alo ke míaƒe abɔwo na dzromawu aɖe la,
21 Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
ɖe Mawu manya esi wònya dzimenu ɣaɣlawo katã oa?
22 But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
Gake le tawò la, míekpɔa ku ŋkeke blibo la, eye wobua mí abe alẽ siwo wokplɔ yina wuwu ge la ene.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
Nyɔ, O Aƒetɔ! Nu ka ta nèle alɔ̃ dɔm ɖo? Fɔ! Mègagbe mí ɖikaa o.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Nu ka ta nèɣla wò mo, eye nèŋlɔ míaƒe hiãkame kple teteɖeanyi be ɖo?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Wohe mí ƒu ke me, eye míaƒe ŋutilã lé ɖe anyigba.
26 Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.
Tso, nàxɔ na mí, ɖe mí le wò lɔlɔ̃ si meʋãna o la ta.
